Record against Bayern
Overall: 132 games, 27 wins, 22 draws, 83 defeats, 159:282 goal difference
In the Bundesliga: 104 games, 18 wins, 20 draws, 66 defeats, 116:216 goal difference
Looking back
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s VfB lost both league games against Bayern last term, going down 3-1 at home and 4-0 in Munich.
Fourteen years have passed since VfB last got the better of Bayern in a Bundesliga home game. A Mario Gomez double and a further strike from Yildiray Bastürk helped Stuttgart claim a 3-1 win.
Reunited
Bayern have several former VfB players in their current squad. Sven Ulreich spent four years with the Cannstatt club, while Benjamin Pavard joined the record champions after three years with VfB between 2016 and 2019. Joshua Kimmich and Serge Gnabry also represented Stuttgart at youth level.
In fine form
Tuesday’s game sees two of the Bundesliga’s in-form teams go head to head. VfB have collected seven points from their previous three league games, while Bayern have won each of their last three top-flight fixtures.
Goalscoring defenders
Konstantinos Mavropanos’ eye-catching strike in Saturday’s 2-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg was his fourth in the top flight this season, and the ninth Bundesliga goal scored by a VfB defender this term – a league high.